[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d4 b6 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Ba6 13. c4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rae8
15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Nxh7 Rf7 20. Ng5 Rf6 21.
Qh5+ Rh6 22. Nf7+ Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Rxh5+ 24. Bxh5 Re6 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Be2 Bxc4
27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Rfd1 Ne5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rad1 c4 31. Rc8 Nd3 32. Kg1 b5 33.
Kf1 Ra6 34. Rd2 Ra3 35. Rc7 a5 36. Ke2 Rc3 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. g4 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Kf6
40. f4 Rc1 41. Rc6+ Ke7 42. Kf5 Rg1 43. Ke4 a4 44. a3 Kf7 45. Rb6 Nc5+ 46. Kd5
Nb3 47. Rc2 Na1 48. Rc3 Rd1+ 49. Kc5 Rd3 50. Rxd3 cxd3 51. Rd6 d2 52. Kxb5 Nb3
53. Kxa4 Nc5+ 54. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5
15. Bxa8 Ng4 16. Nc6 Qf6 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Qf3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Nxh2 20. Qe4 b4 21.
Nd5 Rxa8 22. Ndxe7+ Kh8 23. Nd8 Qf6 24. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. a4 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 d6
9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Bb5 Nd5 11. Bh2 Bxb5 12. axb5 Nc7 13. Qe2 a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15.
O-O b5 16. Rxa6 Nbxa6 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. Ne1 Qc6 19. Nd3 Nd5 20. Bg3 Nac7 21. Qd1
h6 22. Ra5 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. Qc1 Qc6 25. Qa1 Kf8 26. Nc1 f5 27. Ne2 Kf7 28.
b3 Bg5 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Ne1 Nb6 31. Nd3 Ncd5 32. Bf4 Qa8 33. Qb2 Qc6 34. Bd2 Bf6
35. Qa2 e5 36. dxe5 dxe5 37. Nb2 e4 38. c4 bxc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4 40. bxc4 Ne7 41.
Bc3 Bxc3 42. Nxc3 Qc5 43. Na4 Qd4 44. c5+ Kf6 45. Nb6 e3 46. fxe3 Qxe3+ 47. Kh2
Qe5+ 48. g3 Qd4 49. Qg2 g5 50. Qg1 Qxg1+ 51. Kxg1 Ke5 52. Kf2 Kd4 53. Nd7 Ke4
54. Nf6+ Ke5 55. Nd7+ Ke4 56. Nf6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1
a5 15. a4 Qe6 16. Ng3 Be5 17. Qd3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rfb8 19. Qc2 c5 20. Bf4 Ng6 21.
Rd5 Rb7 22. Rad1 f6 23. Bc1 Rab8 24. f3 Ne7 25. R5d3 Qa2 26. Qf2 Qxa4 27. g4 h6
28. Qh4 Qc4 29. Qh5 a4 30. Kh2 Qf7 31. Qh3 Nc6 32. f4 Re8 33. Re1 Rb6 34. Rd5
Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxd5 36. Rxa4 Rb8 37. Qe3 Kf7 38. Re4 Qd1 39. Kg3 Ra8 40. Qe1
Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Ra1 42. Kf2 Na5 43. b4 Nb3 44. Be3 Rxe1 45. Kxe1 cxb4 46. cxb4
Ke6 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Kd3 c5 49. Kc3 Nd4 50. Bxd4 cxd4+ 51. Kd3 g6 52. f5 gxf5 53.
gxf5 h5 54. g3 Ke5 55. b5 Kd5 56. b6 Kc6 57. Kxd4 Kxb6 58. Kd5 Kc7 59. Ke6 d5
60. Kxd5 Kd7 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nd5 14. Rfc1 a6 15.
Na3 Bb4 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd8 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Be4 Nf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Na5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Re8 25. Rac5 Re6 26. Rxc7 h6 27. Qf4
Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Rg5 29. R7c5 Qb6 30. d5 Qxb3 31. d6 Kh7 32. h4 Rh5 33. Kg2 Qe6 34.
Rc7 Re8 35. R1c5 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Rb8 37. d7 Qe6 38. R5c6 Qa2 39. Rc8 Rb1+ 40. Kg2
Rb2 41. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 h6
15. O-O Bd7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxc3
21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rxc3 Bxe4 23. a3 a5 24. bxa5 Rd5 25. Ra1 Rxa5 26. Nd4 Ra4 27.
Nb3 Bd5 28. Nc5 Ra5 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Ne5 Rda8 31. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. a4 c6 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Bh3 Bd6 15.
Bg5 Rc7 16. a5 b5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. Ng5+ Kf8 23. Ne6+ Kg8 24. Nxd8 Rcxd8 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Re1 Nf8 27. a6 Ba8 28.
Bh3 Rcd8 29. Bc7 Rxd4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Qc5 Rde4 32. Qxa7 Re8 33. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4 exd4
9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. f4 Na5 14. Qe2 Nc4 15.
Bb3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rae8 21.
e5 c4 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Rf3 f6 24. f5 Qxe5 25. fxg6 f5 26. Bf7 Rd8 27. Rdf1 h6 28.
Rxf5 Qxb2 29. Qf3 Rd6 30. Bxc4 Rdf6 31. Bf7 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 a5 33. Rb1 Qxa2 34.
Qxb5 Qc2 35. Qb7 Be5 36. g7+ Bxg7 37. Bd5 Be5 38. Bg2 Rb8 39. Qxb8+ Bxb8 40.
Rxb8+ Kg7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. h3 a4 43. Kh2 a3 44. Ra7 Qb2 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ra7+
Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Rc6+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 c6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Qa4 Qd8 16. Bg2 Qc7 17. Red1 Nd7 18. Rc3 a5 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. e4 e5 21. Rcd3
Nf6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. f3 h6 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Bh3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. c5 bxc5 28.
Qc3 Kf8 29. Qxc5+ Kg8 30. Bd7 Reb8 31. b3 Rb6 32. R1d2 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Bc8
Rd4 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qxd4 c5 37. Qd8+ Qxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kh7 39. e5 Ng8 40. Bf5+ g6
41. Be4 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Kg7 43. Rd7 Kf8 44. a4 Ne7 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Re8 Nf5 47. Rc8
Nd4 48. Rxc5 Ne6 49. Rc4 Ng5+ 50. Kg4 Rxh2 51. Bc6 Ne6 52. f4 Rd2 53. a5 Nd4 54.
Rxd4 Rxd4 55. a6 h5+ 56. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. h3 Nxb3 15.
axb3 a5 16. Nh2 d5 17. Nf3 d4 18. Rf1 a4 19. b4 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nh2 b4 22.
f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 a3 24. Qc1 Qb6 25. Nf3 Rac8 26. Nd2 Bb5 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Qd1 Ba4
29. b3 Bb5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Rc6 32. e5 Nd7 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. exd6 Rc5 35.
Qf3 Rf5 36. Qg4 g6 37. Rae1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 a2 39. Bxh6 Qxd6 40. Qe4 Re5 41. Qa8+
Kh7 42. Bd2 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 b3 44. cxb3 Nc5 45. Qxa2 Nxd3 46. Qd2 Nxe1 47. Qxe1
d3 48. Qd2 Qb6+ 49. Qf2 Qxb3 50. Qxf7+ Kh8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. c5 Qd1+
54. Kh2 Qe2 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qh4+ Kg7 57. Qd4+ Kh7 58. c6 d2 59. c7 d1=Q 60.
Qxd1 Qxd1 61. c8=Q Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Bd6 9. h3 Qe7 10. O-O Qe6 11. Re1 c5 12. Nfd2 Nd7 13. Qh5 Nf8 14. a4 Ng6 15.
Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Bd2 d5 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bc3 Bc6 21. Qg4
f6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. f3 Nf4 25. Kf2 b6 26. Bd2 Kh8 27. Qxe6 Nxe6 28.
b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Red8 30. a5 b5 31. Nf5 a6 32. Rad1 Rd7 33. c3 Bd5 34. d4 Bb3
35. Rd2 Rcd8 36. Rb2 Bc4 37. dxe5 Nf4 38. Kg3 Nd3 39. e6 Rd5 40. e7 Re8 41. Nd6
Rxd6 42. Bxd6 Nxe1 43. Rd2 Nd3 44. f4 Kg8 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Ke3 Nc1 47. f5 Nb3 48.
Rd1 Nxa5 49. Ra1 Nb7 50. Ba3 a5 51. Kd4 Rc8 52. Re1 Ke8 53. Re4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5
15. Nc4 Ng6 16. f4 exf3 17. Rxf3 Be6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Rf2 Kh8 20. Nd2 c5 21. Nf3
a6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Qc2 Bc8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd4 h6 26. Qd2 Rxd4 27. exd4 Qd6 28.
a3 Bb7 29. d5 Ne7 30. Nd4 Bxd5 31. Nxf5 Nxf5 32. Rxf5 Qb6+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 34. Qf4
Qxf4+ 35. Rxf4 Bc4 36. a4 Rc8 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rd4 b4 39. Na4 Rc6 40. Nb6 Rxb6
41. Rxc4 b3 42. Rc3 Kh7 43. g4 Kg6 44. Kg3 h5 45. Kh4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rb4 47. Rc6+
Kf7 48. Kh5 Rb5+ 49. g5 Rb7 50. Ra6 Rb4 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Rc7 Rb8 53. g6 Kf8 54.
Rf7+ Kg8 55. Kg5 Rb5+ 56. Rf5 Rb8 57. Rc5 Kf8 58. Kf5 Ke7 59. Rc7+ Kf8 60. Rf7+
Kg8 61. Rd7 Kf8 62. Ke6 Ra8 63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Ra6+ 65. Kf5 Ra5+ 66. Ke4 Kf8
67. Rxb3 Ra6 68. Rg3 Ke7 69. Kd5 Kd7 70. b4 Kc7 71. b5 Rf6 72. Rc3+ Kb7 73. Rc6
Rf5+ 74. Ke6 Rf6+ 75. Ke7 Rf5 76. Rd6 Kc7 77. b6+ Kb7 78. Ke8 Kc8 79. Rd7 Rf6
80. b7+ Kb8 81. Rxg7 Ka7 82. Ke7 Rb6 83. Kf7 Kxb7 84. Rg8 Rb1 85. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Qc7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3
b6 9. a3 Nf6 10. b4 c4 11. Nbd2 cxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. a4 Nh5 15. a5
Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Nf4 18. Ra3 Ne6 19. Rfa1 Rab8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7
Rb7 22. R7a6 Bf8 23. Qc3 f6 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Kg7 26. Qc4 Qd7 27. Rb6 Rc7 28.
Raa6 Rdc8 29. g3 Qf7 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Ra5 Ra7 32. Rxa7 Qxa7 33. Nd2 Qe7 34. Nb3
Qd7 35. Kg2 h5 36. Na5 Kh7 37. Kh2 h4 38. gxh4 Bh6 39. Nc4 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 Qd4 41.
Nd6 Qxe3 42. fxe3 Rc7 43. Ne8 Re7 44. Nxf6+ Kg7 45. Ng4 Nxc5 46. Rxc6 Nxe4 47.
Kg2 Nd2 48. Rc2 Ne4 49. Rc6 Nd2 50. Rc5 e4 51. h5 Nf3 52. h6+ Kh7 53. Kg3 Rf7
54. h4 Nd2 55. Rc6 Nf1+ 56. Kg2 Nd2 57. h5 gxh5 58. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7 12. d4 h6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. b3 Bf8 15. d5 Ne7
16. c4 c5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 Nh7 20. Na3 Nc8 21. Nc4 Ra8 22. a5
Bb5 23. Na3 Bd7 24. Ba4 f5 25. exf5 Ne7 26. Bb3 Nxf5 27. Nc4 Ra7 28. Nb6 Bb5 29.
Ba4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Nf6 31. Bc3 g6 32. Nh4 Nxh4 33. Rxh4 Bg7 34. Ra4 e4 35. Nc4
Ra6 36. Ra2 Nh5 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rae2 Qh4 39. Re3 Nf6 40. Qb3 Re7 41. Qb5 Ra8
42. Nxd6 Rf8 43. Qxc5 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Nd7+ 45. Kg1 Nxc5 46. Nxe4 Rfe8 47. d6 Rxe4
48. Rxe4 Nxe4 49. d7 Rd8 50. Rxe4 Rxd7 51. Ra4 Kf6 52. a6 Ra7 53. Kf2 Ke5 54.
Kg3 Kd5 55. Ra1 Kd6 56. Kg4 Kc7 57. Kf4 Kb8 58. Rb1+ Kc7 59. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qf4
exd5 15. exd5 Nb7 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Qh4 Nc5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Bf3 Rae8
21. Nc6 f6 22. Qb4 b5 23. Rc1 Nb7 24. Qd4 Ra8 25. Qb6 Nd8 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. d6
Qe6 28. Bxa8 Nf7 29. Qxa6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Nxd6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Rc7 Bf5 33. Re1
Rd8 34. h3 g5 35. g4 Bg6 36. Ree7 Nc8 37. Red7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Nb6 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. Bb3 Nd7 42. f3 Nc5 43. Rb8 Bd3 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Ke3 Bf1 46. Bc2+
Kg7 47. a3 h5 48. gxh5 Ne6 49. Rb7+ Kh8 50. h6 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. dxc5 Nxe5 7. Ng3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1
e6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
a4 a5 16. h3 d4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. cxd4 Nd5 20. Ne4 Nxb4 21. Rd1
Rd8 22. g3 h6 23. h4 e5 24. dxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxe5 26. Qf3 Nc6 27. Bc4 Qa1+
28. Kg2 Ne5 29. Qb3 Qd4 30. Qxb7 Qxc4 31. Qb8+ Bf8 32. Qxe5 Qxa4 33. Qd5 Qb5 34.
Nd6 Qd7 35. Qa8 a4 36. Nc4 Qf5 37. Nb6 a3 38. c6 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. c7 Qxf2+
41. Kh3 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. f3 Ne7 6. Ne2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
O-O 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. fxe4 f6 11. Bh4 Nbc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. b3 exd5 15.
exd5 c6 16. O-O-O cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 Qd7 19. Bg3 Nf5 20. d6 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Rac8 22. Kb2 Rc6 23. Qd5+ Qf7 24. Nb5 Rd8 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. d7 a6 27. Nd6+
Kf8 28. Nf5 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. a4 g6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Nd4 Nd3+
34. Ka2 Rc7 35. Rh8 Nb4+ 36. Ka3 Nc2+ 37. Kb2 Kg7 38. Ne6+ Kxh8 39. Nxc7 Ne3 40.
Nxa6 Nxg2 41. Nc7 Ne3 42. Kc3 Kg7 43. b4 Nf5 44. Nd5 h5 45. Nxb6 Nxg3 46. a5 h4
47. a6 h3 48. a7 h2 49. a8=Q h1=Q 50. Qxh1 Nxh1 51. b5 Ng3 52. Kd4 Kf7 53. Nd5
Ke6 54. b6 Nf5+ 55. Kc5 Nd6 56. Nxf6 g5 57. Ng4 Kd7 58. Ne5+ Ke6 59. Ng4 Kd7 60.
Ne5+ Ke6 61. Nc4 Nxc4 62. Kxc4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. a4 Kh8 10. c3 Nh7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. b4 a6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. h3
Rae8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Bb3 Bg6 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Bh2 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5
22. Rcd1 Nh4 23. Bg3 Qc6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxc3 26. Bc4 Nf5 27. Qxb7 Rb8 28.
Qxc7 Nxg3 29. fxg3 d5 30. h4 Bf6 31. Rc1 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 dxc4 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Na5 Nxa5 16. Bxa5 Rd7 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rfe1 g6 19. e3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 bxa5 21.
Rc5 Bb7 22. Rxa5 d4 23. Rd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rb7 25. b3 dxe3 26. Re1 Re8 27. Kf3
Rbe7 28. Re2 h5 29. Rd5 Re6 30. Rd3 Rf6+ 31. Kg2 Rfe6 32. Kf3 Rf6+ 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nf3 Rc8 15.
Na4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nc6 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Rab1 Be7 19. Be1 Nd7 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Rbc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Ne5 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nfd5 27. Qa4
Nc6 28. Nd3 g6 29. Qc2 h5 30. Bf3 Nxe3 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Nc4 33. Nxb7 Nd4
34. Be4 a4 35. Nc5 Nxb2 36. f4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Nb5 39. Bc2 Nxa3 40. Bxa4
Nxa4 41. Nxa4 Nb5 42. Nc5 Nc3 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Ke2 Nf6 45. Kf3 Kd6 46. Nd3 Nd7
47. Nf2 Kd5 48. Ne4 f6 49. Ke3 e5 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. h3 Ke6 52. Nc3 Nf6 53. Kf3
Kf5 54. Ke3 g5 55. Nb5 g4 56. hxg4+ Kxg4 57. Nd6 Kxg3 58. Nf5+ Kg4 59. Nh6+ Kg5
60. Nf7+ Kf5 61. Nd6+ Ke6 62. Nc4 Ne8 63. Kf3 Nd6 64. Ne3 Kf6 65. Nd5+ Kg5 66.
Nc3 h4 67. Nd1 e4+ 68. Kf2 Nf5 69. Nc3 Kf4 70. Ne2+ Kg4 71. Nc3 e3+ 72. Kg2 h3+
73. Kh2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O
Bg5 16. b3 g6 17. f4 Bh6 18. Kh1 exf4 19. gxf4 Qh4 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Raxe1 Ra7
22. e5 dxe5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Bxc6 Kxf6 25. fxe5+ Kg7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Bd5 Bxd5+
28. cxd5 Bd2 29. Re2 Bc3 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. e6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Rdc7 33. Nxa5 Re7 34.
Rf3 Rce8 35. Rfe3 Kf6 36. Rf3+ Kg7 37. Rfe3 Kf6 38. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. Na3 Nc5 11. axb5 axb5 12. d3 Be7 13. Bg5 cxd3 14. Bxd3 O-O 15.
Qc2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxe4 20. Nxd6 Bd5 21.
Nd2 Rab8 22. Reb1 Rfd8 23. N6c4 h5 24. g3 Bg5 25. Kf1 Bc6 26. Ke1 e5 27. Ra5 Bb5
28. Rd1 f6 29. b3 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Rxb3 32. Kc2 Rb8 33. Kd3 h4 34.
gxh4 Bxh4 35. f3 Rb1 36. Ke4 Rc1 37. Ra3 Re1+ 38. Kf5 Kh7 39. Nd6 Rf1 40. c4 Bf2
41. Ne4 Bd4 42. h4 Rc1 43. Ra4 Rf1 44. Ra3 Rc1 45. Ra4 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qd1 cxd5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. O-O h5 11. Nf4 Bh6 12. Nd3 Qc8 13. Nc3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15.
Qf3 h4 16. Rd1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Bg7 18. Qg2 Qg4 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20. Rac1 Rh7 21. Nf4
Rdh8 22. f3 Qd7 23. g4 Kb8 24. Be1 a6 25. Bg3 Ka7 26. b3 Bf6 27. Kf2 Bh4 28.
Bxh4 Rxh4 29. Rh1 Qd6 30. Rxh4 Rxh4 31. Qg3 Rh8 32. Kg2 Qa3 33. Rc2 Qa5 34. Nd3
Nb4 35. Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Nd5 Nxe4 8. Qf3
Nc5 9. b4 Na4 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. cxb5 d5 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. O-O-O
O-O 16. Qg3 N8d7 17. Bc7 Qe8 18. Kb1 e5 19. Nc6 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qe6 21. Rc1 Nc4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Nd6 e4 24. Rxc4 Ba6 25. Rxe4 Qd5 26. b5 Bxb5 27. Nb4 Qd2 28.
Qb3 Nc5 29. Qc2 Rxa3 30. Qxd2 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Ba4# 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Be1 b6 11. a4 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Na3 Ba6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15.
Qb3 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Nd2 Nef6 18. Nb1 Rc8 19. Qd1 Ne4 20. e3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1
Qc8 22. Qd1 Nd6 23. Bf1 Nxb5 24. axb5 Bb7 25. Bd3 Qc7 26. f3 f5 27. Nc3 Nf6 28.
Na4 Kf7 29. Kg2 Ke8 30. h3 g6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Bxc2 Bd8 34. b4 axb4
35. Bxb4 Ne8 36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Nc3 Bd7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. e4 dxe4 40. fxe4 Bf6 41.
e5 Bg5 42. Kf3 Bd2 43. d5 Nc7 44. dxe6+ Bxe6 45. Ke2 Bxc3 46. Bxc3 Bd7 47. Kf3
Nxb5 48. Bc4+ Kg6 49. Bb2 Nc7 50. Ke3 Be6 51. Be2 Ba2 52. Ba3 Ne6 53. Be7 Bd5
54. Bd3 Bc6 55. h4 h5 56. Ba3 Nc7 57. Bc1 Ne6 58. Bc4 Bd7 59. Bd3 Nd8 60. Kf4
Ne6+ 61. Ke3 Nc5 62. Bc2 Ba4 63. Bb1 Bb3 64. Kd4 Bf7 65. Kc3 Bd5 66. Be3 Nd7 67.
Bd4 b5 68. Bd3 Bc4 69. Bxc4 bxc4 70. e6 Nf6 71. Kxc4 f4 72. Kc5 Ne4+ 73. Kc6 f3
74. e7 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. a4 Kh8 10. c3 Nh7 11. b4 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nbd2 a6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Bd5
Rb8 16. h3 Ne7 17. Be4 Qd7 18. a5 Bg5 19. Nb3 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Bf4 21. c4 Bxg3 22.
fxg3 Qe6 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Kh2 Rbd8 25. b5 c5 26. Nbd2 Qc8 27. Rab1 Qc7 28. Qc3
Ra8 29. g4 Nh7 30. Rb2 Ng6 31. Rfb1 Nf4 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. R1b6 Ne2
35. Qd3 Nd4 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Qg3 Rf4 38. c5 dxc5 39. Nc4 Qg5 40. Re6 Rf6 41.
Nxe5 Qc1 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Qd3 c6 11. a5 Be6 12. f4 g6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nf3 Qd7 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Bf2 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be4 18. Bh4 Bxf3 19. Bxe7 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Qxe7 21.
Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qf3 O-O 23. a6 Rd7 24. axb7 Rxb7 25. b3 c4 26. bxc4 Rc7 27. Qe3
Rfc8 28. Rf2 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxa7 Rxc4 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1
c4 9. Ne2 Qxa3 10. g4 Nc6 11. Ng3 f6 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Nh6 14. g5 Nf5 15.
Nxf5 exf5 16. Bg2 Be6 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Qh5 Ne7 19. O-O Ng6 20. Qd1 f4 21. Qe1
Qa2 22. h4 Qxc2 23. h5 f3 24. Bxf3 Nf4 25. h6 gxh6 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qg3 hxg5
28. Qxg5+ Qg6 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 30. Re7 Raf8 31. Bg2 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bf5 33. Bg2 Be4
34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Rxa7 e3 36. Ra2 g5 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Re2 Kf7 39. Rxe3 Ke6 40.
Rf3 Re4 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42. Rc6 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Rxc4 Ke6 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46. Rd6+
Kc4 47. Kg4 Rg2+ 48. Kf5 g4 49. Rc6+ Kb3 50. Rg6 g3 51. d5 Kxc3 52. d6 Kc4 53.
d7 Rd2 54. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Bf4 Re8
15. Nxh7 Nxh7 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Bg4 18. Qxf7 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 20. f4 Qf6
21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rf1 Re2 24. f5 Rxg2 25. Rf4 Kh6 26. h3 Bh5 27.
Ra4 Bf3 28. h4 a6 29. Rf4 Bc6 30. Rc4 b6 31. b4 Bd5 32. Rf4 Kh5 33. bxc5 bxc5
34. Ra4 Bb7 35. Rc4 Rf2 36. Rxc5 Kxh4 37. Rc7 Be4 38. Rc4 Rf4 39. Ra4 Kg5 40.
Rxa6 Rxf5 41. Kd2 Rd5+ 42. Ke3 Bxc2 43. c4 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 f5 45. Ra8 Rc3 46. a4
Rxc4 47. a5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. g3 Qb6 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
Qxb4 Nxb4 9. Na3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Ke7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. b3 Rhd8 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne4 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rdc1 f6 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. exd3 Nd6 20. Re1
Nf5 21. Nc2 Rc6 22. g4 Nh4+ 23. Kg3 g5 24. d4 h5 25. h3 Rh8 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27.
Nd4 Ng6 28. Rad1 Nf4 29. Rh1 Ra5 30. a4 Re5 31. h4 Ng6 32. hxg5 Rxg5 33. f3 f5
34. Kf2 fxg4 35. fxg4 Rxg4 36. Ke3 Rg3+ 37. Kd2 h4 38. Rde1 Rh5 39. Re3 Rxe3 40.
Kxe3 Rg5 41. Nf3 Rg3 42. Kf2 Rg4 43. a5 Kd6 44. a6 Kc7 45. Nh2 Rg3 46. Nf3 Rg4
47. Nh2 Re4 48. Nf3 Rf4 49. Ke3 Rg4 50. Kf2 e5 51. Nh2 Rg3 52. Nf3 Rg4 53. Nh2
Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Ne7 55. Nf1 Nf5+ 56. Kd2 Kb6 57. Ne3 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 c4 9.
Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ne3 Bh7 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. g3 Be7 14. Nhg2 b5 15. O-O Nb6
16. f4 Qd7 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. b3 Kc7 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. g4 f6 22. e6
Qxe6 23. Nf4 Qd7 24. gxf5 Kb7 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Ne6 Rc8 27. Nc5+ Bxc5 28. dxc5
Na8 29. Qxd5 Rhd8 30. Qxc4 Nc7 31. Bf4 Ka7 32. Bg2 Nd5 33. Rad1 Nce7 34. Qd4 Qe8
35. Bd6 Rc6 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. f4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. g4 Nd5 14. Qf2 Bxe5
15. fxe5 Nc3 16. Rhf1 Nxd1 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Qxg7 Kc7 19. Rf7 Rad8 20. Kxd1 Qc6
21. Ba5+ b6 22. Bb4 Rhg8 23. Bd6+ Kb7 24. Qf6 Ka8 25. b4 Qh1+ 26. Kd2 Qxh2+ 27.
Kc1 Qh1+ 28. Kb2 Qc6 29. Qf4 Qc3+ 30. Kb1 Qe1+ 31. Kb2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Qe1+ 33. Qc1
Qxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Bc6 35. Rf4 Rd7 36. Rxd4 Rf7 37. Bc4 Rg6 38. b5 Bf3 39. Bd3 Rg8
40. Kd2 Kb7 41. Be2 Bxe2 42. Kxe2 a6 43. a4 axb5 44. axb5 Ra8 45. Bb4 Ra4 46. c3
Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Rd6 Rg3+ 49. Ke2 Rxg4 50. Rxe6 h5 51. Re8 Rf5 52. Bd6 h4
53. Ke3 h3 54. Rb8+ Ka7 55. Rh8 Rg3+ 56. Ke4 Rf2 57. Rh7+ Ka8 58. e6 Re2+ 59.
Kd4 Rd2+ 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kf4 Rxe6 62. Be5 Re2 63. Bd4 h2 64. Kf5 Re7 65. Rh6
Rf7+ 66. Bf6 Rf2+ 0-1

